Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] that [adj] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the assumption that people are motivated by monetary reward , it was argued that this would provide incentives for them to work harder and for entrepreneurs to create wealth and jobs . |
| 2 | It was recognized that this would inevitably deprive many parts of Britain , especially Wales and Scotland , of passenger services altogether ( Aldcroft 1968 ) . |
| 3 | It was recognised that these would be subjective and impressionistic , to some extent at least , and this chapter quotes verbatim from many of the letters it has received . |
| 4 | Because the new filter would be the last link in the chain , it was decided that this would be primarily a biological filter . |
| 5 | As the intention in this study was to have subjects make estimates while they were driving it was decided that this would be unnecessarily difficult . |
| 6 | It was hoped that more would be done by legislation to impose on local authorities a duty to consider , assess and intervene ‘ Where there are elderly people in need of some support or advice in order to prevent or postpone personal or social deterioration or breakdown — necessitating their removal to institutional care ’ ( Age Concern , 1986 , p. 128 ) . |
| 7 | It was hoped that this would result in better co-operation from local administrators and party members in the supply of labour and fuel , etc . |
| 8 | It was hoped that this would reveal the differences to be taken into account when establishing a revised organisation structure , and also highlight the areas of opportunity to enable the Colleges to move towards the state implied by the ideal model . |
| 9 | It was hoped that this would be remedied in the near future . |
| 10 | Whereas it was hoped that this would be brought to the Council by the end of November , it may now be into 1993 before the first draft is presented to the Planning and Development Committee . |
| 11 | It was hoped that this would lead to a positive referendum result in Denmark in late April or early May 1993 and to the subsequent completion of the Maastricht ratification process . |
| 12 | It was hoped that this would reduce independent expenditure and thus overall spending . |
| 13 | It was hoped that this would increase Italy 's own food production and increase Italy 's economic independence as part of the policy of autorkay . |
| 14 | It was felt that these would allow a gradual transition from computer-supported indexing ( with back-up copies of documents held on microfilm ) to a filly computerised filing and retrieval system . |
| 15 | Priority was to be given to walking , not only because it was felt that this would give disproportionate environmental benefits and would aid access to public transport , but it would recognise the dominance of local movement by foot transport . |
| 16 | It was felt that this would enable more rail services to be withdrawn in rural areas without ‘ undue hardship ’ ( an ill-defined term ) being caused to the communities currently served by rail . |
| 17 | It expressed the view that opportunities should be provided for suitably qualified students to obtain a degree , although it was acknowledged that many would not be prepared to take the longer course this entailed and some would not be considered suitable for admission to degree studies . |
| 18 | He said it was envisaged that this would either take place through increases in manpower approved by the Home Office or through ‘ civilianisation ’ of police posts to release officers to other duties . |
| 19 | It was agreed that these would be discussed by a new joint working group on foreign policy issues . |
| 20 | It was agreed that these would be made available to the relevant political bodies and the public for consultation and amendment . |
| 21 | It was agreed that this would be handed over to the Angevins when the marriage itself took place . |
| 22 | These treatments led to cation losses of 100–240 kg per ha per annum calcium and 30–80 of magnesium , for example , but it was estimated that such would be restored through rainfall input over 10–20 years of fallow ; the 1300 1400kg of nitrogen appears to be more easily replaced as fixation rates of 100–150 kg per ha per annum were recorded . |
| 23 | It was expected that these would be first seen at a higher value of the exposure and that in every case a roughly linear graph segment would follow the point at which the subject was fully seen . |
| 24 | Major improvements were being noted two years later , and it was expected that these would be carried further when the Polytechnic was transferred to the East Sussex Local Authority following county boundary changes . |
| 25 | It was expected that this would open the way for further World Bank and European Community lending ( Yugoslavia having already requested $500 million in aid to recapitalize its banking system , and $1,000 million in medium-term economic assistance over three years , from the Group of 24 Western countries and Japan ) . |
| 26 | It was anticipated that this would be seen by " many people " as undesirable or beyond Britain 's powers . |
| 27 | All contributions towards the proceedings arising from the pre-congress conference on Chemistry and developing countries had been received and it was anticipated that these would be published through the Commonwealth Science Council in the near future . |
| 28 | Independents won seven seats and two were reserved for guerrillas who gave up their arms ; it was anticipated that these would be allocated to representatives of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party ( PRT ) , a guerrilla group which signed a peace pact with the government on Dec. 28 and was due to disarm in the far northern province of Sucre on Jan. 26 . |
| 29 | It was anticipated that these would be passed separately in coming weeks . |
| 30 | It was thought that this would stimulate our divinity students in being close to the university and so involved in contact with university students who would in future years be leaders of the nation , just as we hoped the divinity students would become leaders of the Church . |